=Hitchens frames the late-2000s recession in terms of Marx's economic analysis and notes how much Marx admired the capitalist system he was calling for the end of, but says that Marx ultimately failed to grasp how revolutionary capitalist innovation was.=(from Wikipedia)

I also noted this bizarre aspect of the Communist Manifesto - it seems Marx loathed capitalism in the "odi et amo" (hate and love) style - he sensed the sheer beauty and perfection of the capitalist idea but rejected because of his moral and philosophical weakness.

One thing I like about him is his PASSION (in this case anti-religious - sometimes it's a bit too extreme but still). The postmodernist mainstream is so bland, pragmatic, noncommittal. But Hitchens has REAL CONVICTIONS.

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